EMT Chapter 3- Lifting and Moving Patients Test With
Complete Solutions (2024/2025)
You arrive at a scene where an elderly women is complaint of chest pain. During
your assessment, she holds her arm out for you to take her blood pressure. This is an
example of:
A.Implied Consent
B.Informed Consent
C.Expressed Consent
D.Emergency Consent - ANSWERC. Expressed Consent
Expressed consent (also called actual consent) is when the patient authorizes you,
either verbally or nonverbally, to provide treatment and transport. For example, a
patient who holds out his or her arm to allow you to take a blood pressure is
nonverbally giving you expressed consent.)
Consent - ANSWERGranted permission
Expressed consent - ANSWERSpecific authorization to provide care expressed by the
patient
Forcible restraint - ANSWERKeeping a person from taking mental or physical action
Implied consent - ANSWERLegal assumption that treatment was desired
Emancipated minor - ANSWERPerson younger than the legal age in the given state
but because of other circumstances considered to be an adult
Medicolegal - ANSWERRelating to the law or forensic medicine
In loco parentis - ANSWERLegal responsibility of a person or an organization to take
on some functions and responsibilities of a parent
When you are not able to persuade the patient, guardian, conservator, or parent of a
minor or mentally incompetent patient to proceed with treatment, you should:
A. Document all assessment findings and emergency care provided
B.Obtain the signature of the individual who is refusing treatment
C.Document your efforts to obtain consent and the patient's response
D.All the above - ANSWERD.All the above
When you are not able to persuade the patient, guardian, conservator, or parent of a
minor or mentally incompetent patient to proceed with treatment, you should
document your assessment findings, document the emergency care provided,
document your efforts to obtain consent and the patient's response, and obtain the
signature of the individual who is refusing treatment.
, Which information obtained during an EMT's interaction with a patient is considered
confidential?
A.The patient's history
B.Assessment findings
C.Treatment provided
D.All the above - ANSWERD.All the above
Federal laws, such as HIPAA, as well as state laws have been enacted to provide for
the protection of the privacy of health care information. HIPAA considers all
information obtained during the treatment of patient to be confidential.
An advance directive is a written document that specifies medical treatment for a
competent patient, should he or she because unable to make decisions. A do not
resuscitate order:
A.Is a living will
B.Gives the EMT permission to resuscitate the patient
C.Gives the EMT permission to not attempt resuscitation of the patient
D.Is negligence - ANSWERC.Gives the EMT permission to not attempt to resuscitation
of the patient.
A do not resuscitate order gives the EMT permission to not attempt resuscitation of
the patient
Which of the following is generally NOT considered confidential?
A.Assessment findings
B.A patient's mental condition
C.A patient's medical history
D.The location of the emergency - ANSWERD.The location of the emergency
HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996. This act:
A.Makes an ambulance services accountable for transporting patients in a safe
manner
B.Protects the privacy of health care information and safeguards patient
confidentially
C.Allows health insurance to transfer an insurance policy to another carrier if a
patient does not pay his or her premium
D.Enables emergency personnel to transfer a patient to a lower level of care when
resources a scarce. - ANSWERB.Protects the privacy of health care information and
safeguards patients confidentiality.
If a patient is unconscious and a true emergency exists, the doctrine of implied
consent applies.
A.True
B.False - ANSWERA.True
DNR orders give you permission not to attempt resuscitation of a patent at your
discretion
A.True
Complete Solutions (2024/2025)
You arrive at a scene where an elderly women is complaint of chest pain. During
your assessment, she holds her arm out for you to take her blood pressure. This is an
example of:
A.Implied Consent
B.Informed Consent
C.Expressed Consent
D.Emergency Consent - ANSWERC. Expressed Consent
Expressed consent (also called actual consent) is when the patient authorizes you,
either verbally or nonverbally, to provide treatment and transport. For example, a
patient who holds out his or her arm to allow you to take a blood pressure is
nonverbally giving you expressed consent.)
Consent - ANSWERGranted permission
Expressed consent - ANSWERSpecific authorization to provide care expressed by the
patient
Forcible restraint - ANSWERKeeping a person from taking mental or physical action
Implied consent - ANSWERLegal assumption that treatment was desired
Emancipated minor - ANSWERPerson younger than the legal age in the given state
but because of other circumstances considered to be an adult
Medicolegal - ANSWERRelating to the law or forensic medicine
In loco parentis - ANSWERLegal responsibility of a person or an organization to take
on some functions and responsibilities of a parent
When you are not able to persuade the patient, guardian, conservator, or parent of a
minor or mentally incompetent patient to proceed with treatment, you should:
A. Document all assessment findings and emergency care provided
B.Obtain the signature of the individual who is refusing treatment
C.Document your efforts to obtain consent and the patient's response
D.All the above - ANSWERD.All the above
When you are not able to persuade the patient, guardian, conservator, or parent of a
minor or mentally incompetent patient to proceed with treatment, you should
document your assessment findings, document the emergency care provided,
document your efforts to obtain consent and the patient's response, and obtain the
signature of the individual who is refusing treatment.
, Which information obtained during an EMT's interaction with a patient is considered
confidential?
A.The patient's history
B.Assessment findings
C.Treatment provided
D.All the above - ANSWERD.All the above
Federal laws, such as HIPAA, as well as state laws have been enacted to provide for
the protection of the privacy of health care information. HIPAA considers all
information obtained during the treatment of patient to be confidential.
An advance directive is a written document that specifies medical treatment for a
competent patient, should he or she because unable to make decisions. A do not
resuscitate order:
A.Is a living will
B.Gives the EMT permission to resuscitate the patient
C.Gives the EMT permission to not attempt resuscitation of the patient
D.Is negligence - ANSWERC.Gives the EMT permission to not attempt to resuscitation
of the patient.
A do not resuscitate order gives the EMT permission to not attempt resuscitation of
the patient
Which of the following is generally NOT considered confidential?
A.Assessment findings
B.A patient's mental condition
C.A patient's medical history
D.The location of the emergency - ANSWERD.The location of the emergency
HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996. This act:
A.Makes an ambulance services accountable for transporting patients in a safe
manner
B.Protects the privacy of health care information and safeguards patient
confidentially
C.Allows health insurance to transfer an insurance policy to another carrier if a
patient does not pay his or her premium
D.Enables emergency personnel to transfer a patient to a lower level of care when
resources a scarce. - ANSWERB.Protects the privacy of health care information and
safeguards patients confidentiality.
If a patient is unconscious and a true emergency exists, the doctrine of implied
consent applies.
A.True
B.False - ANSWERA.True
DNR orders give you permission not to attempt resuscitation of a patent at your
discretion
A.True
